TY - BOOK AU - Callahan,Monique-Adelle TI - Between the lines: literary transnationalism and African American poetics T2 - Imagining the Americas SN - 9780199895021 (ebook) : AV - PN841 U1 - 809.1989607 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, KW - Ayala, Cristina, KW - Souza, Auta de, KW - Poetry KW - Black authors KW - Transnationalism in literature KW - Poetics KW - History KW - Slavery in literature KW - Postcolonialism in literature KW - America KW - Literatures KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This work examines the role of women poets of African descent in shaping the history of the Americas. Focusing on three women whose poetry wrestled with the sociopolitical predicaments of the late 19th century, the book ventures a broader definition of African American literature by placing it in a hemispheric context UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199743063.001.0001 ER -